Akushon! Japanese TV film crew descends on downtown Colfax

Colfax was abuzz with a cinema craze Monday, as film crews shot several scenes on Main Street. At top, an actor “attacks” a storekeeper in front of a store staged in the old Sandbagger Tavern.

More than 60 Japanese film crew members poured into downtown Colfax May 10, blocking traffic at times and running actors dressed in 1940s garb up and down the sidewalks.

Local law enforcement helped reroute traffic from SR 195 around the city blocks used for the set, which spanned Main Street between Upton and Second streets.

Make-up artists tend to an actor as he discusses an upcoming scene with a produ...